Nebraska's May Day BS thread
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Morning Ken, Rod, Neil, George!
QUOTE=BIGKEN;18631942]Good morning Pat...Roy...all of 'Braska...and...wandering miscreants. Another Triple D Day here...hope MA Nature is treating you better.
Pat...saw Katelyn's pic on Faceplace...your little girl is all grown up. Congrats to her!!![/QUOTE]
Thanks Ken! Yeah, she's grown up way to damn fast!!
Rod, these are pretty big units, so, for us to get to minimum load, at 70% load, it takes about 45 minutes. To open the breaker after the start signal, that's about 15-20 minutes, to get the turbine up to 3600 rpm. Breaker closes, we bring it up to 70% ( about 130 Mwatts), and then we hand off control of the units to SPP, the Southern Power Pool, that we are a part of. We are rated up to around 160MW for each unit. Takes us about an hour to shut them down, where they will go back on turning gear, which keeps the main shaft turning at 2-3 rpm, to keep it from bowing.
QUOTE=BIGKEN;18631942]Good morning Pat...Roy...all of 'Braska...and...wandering miscreants. Another Triple D Day here...hope MA Nature is treating you better.
Pat...saw Katelyn's pic on Faceplace...your little girl is all grown up. Congrats to her!!![/QUOTE]
Thanks Ken! Yeah, she's grown up way to damn fast!!
Happy Thirsty Thursday Morning Pat, Denny, Lee, Ken, Roy, George, John, Bud, Neil and Crew.
Roy Hope you feel better soon.
Pat, If they say "Start Up", how long does it take to come on line? Do you start making power when the turbine starts or after it comes to full power? I assume you recover the heat in steam and steam turbine, Right!
Roy Hope you feel better soon.
Pat, If they say "Start Up", how long does it take to come on line? Do you start making power when the turbine starts or after it comes to full power? I assume you recover the heat in steam and steam turbine, Right!
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Rod, these are pretty big units, so, for us to get to minimum load, at 70% load, it takes about 45 minutes. To open the breaker after the start signal, that's about 15-20 minutes, to get the turbine up to 3600 rpm. Breaker closes, we bring it up to 70% ( about 130 Mwatts), and then we hand off control of the units to SPP, the Southern Power Pool, that we are a part of. We are rated up to around 160MW for each unit. Takes us about an hour to shut them down, where they will go back on turning gear, which keeps the main shaft turning at 2-3 rpm, to keep it from bowing.
I thought opening my pool today was tiring.
Geesh.
I guess I'll take a nap for ya Pat...….
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Pat, are the turbines direct drive to the generator?
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Was getting all set for ya Neil, when OWMBO said what you doing?
We have gardens to weed, seeds to plant, … bla bla bla
really didn't hear the rest of the speal, This coming from the same mouth talking on the phone all morning...
(I didn't just say that,)
We have gardens to weed, seeds to plant, … bla bla bla
really didn't hear the rest of the speal, This coming from the same mouth talking on the phone all morning...
(I didn't just say that,)
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Actually, the generator is separate from the intake. It has it's own intake and exhaust vents. The shaft passes through the intake, into the generator building. The starting and turning gear motors are on the other side of the generator.
Rod, No steam, our turbine is basically a big jet engine, that runs off of natural gas.
Rod, No steam, our turbine is basically a big jet engine, that runs off of natural gas.